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· 6/13/1988

Van Cauwenberghe v. Biard

Citations

  • 486 U.S. 517
  • 108 S. Ct. 1945
  • 100 L. Ed. 2d 517
  • 1988 U.S. LEXIS 2587
  • 56 U.S.L.W. 4545

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that a forum non conveniens motion “may be resolved on affidavits submitted by the parties”
  • conclusion to deny collateral order appeal \fortified by the availability of interlocutory review\ under Sec. 1292(b)
  • “Service of process merely requires that a defendant appear through an attorney and file an answer to the complaint to avoid default.”
  • “An order granting default judgment without any judgment entry on the issue of damages is no more than an interlocutory order . . . .”
  • immediate review of issues enmeshed in merits would waste judicial resources
  • “[A]n unauthorized intentional deprivation of property by a state 18 employee does not constitute a violation of the procedural requirements of the Due Process 19 Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment if a meaningful postdeprivation remedy for the loss is 20 available.”

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Judges: Marshall

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